Hadn't checked any of these before, but after listening to this one, I couldn't agree more with what you said.DeniedExistence wrote:The only problem I have with his DMZ refixes was that they were fairly boring and unimaginative, at least IMO... check his Anti War Dub refix for example:
The tune itself is a really average "dungeon sound" Kryptic Minds knockoff, it's not horrendous or anything but it's not that interesting either, if it weren't for the Anti War Dub sample nobody would have really given a shit about it. All the best parts of the tune are in that sample. For me at least if you're remixing a tune you should bring something new to the table, or what's the point? Same with Root, Dem A Talk (obviously that one's not a DMZ refix but the same point stands, the Mavado vocal is the only reason to listen to it, TMSV did a much more interesting remix. What's with all the Dem A Talk remixes anyway? Mavado has other tunes...). Obviously this is all just my opinion, I know a lot of people like these tunes... I just can't really see the draw myself. Some of Compa's other tunes are a bit more interesting but it seems with the refixes he just samples well known tunes to elevate a mediocre tune's appeal...
On the other hand, even though I haven't been feeling his tunes so much so far, Alpha is a killer tune, big quality leap compared to this imho, and with much more personality. If he keeps going in this direction, I'll definitely be checking him more regularly.
